The Byrne Residence
Semester Fall 2017 Professor Julio Bermudez + Rick Joy Site 6665 Bethesda MD Program 6,500sf Home Duration 6 weeks Family Profile
The Byrnes are a Fortune 500 family living in the Washington,D.C. area looking for a home that will help bring their family back together. Lauren, the matriarch and breadwinner, is having problems leaving work at work and connecting with her family. Her husband David, a stay-at-home dad and art collector, has decided to build a new home that does not compromise their security for personal freedom or freedom of expression.
The house I have designed is suspended within a field of salvaged telephone poles. Inspired by the surround context of the forest, I have designed an environmental sculpture that immerses the family within a work of art that does not wall them off from the rest of the world. The poles function as art, structure for the house, and security so that the Byrnes are constantly connected to the art that surrounds them, supports the house, and protects their family. |
Lauren's Transition Home
I first drew a diagram of Lauren "braiding" through the forest, leaving her responsibilities in the city and finding her way home through the repetition of the trees. This transition exists on the bridge to the home, lit up at night for way finding. The bridge also has moments where you can step off the path to see David's private sculpture collection that exists within the field of poles. |
Full Immersion - Security through Density
Not only is the family raised above the falling ground below, they are also surrounded by salvages telephone poles, giving them their own space to learn and grow together. Instead of surrounding them by a walled off community, they are able to achieve maximum security without living in a fortress. The filed poles mute the feeling of isolation by mimicking the rhythm of the forest. |